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15 Giving Quotes To Inspire Your Giving

Try these giving quotes to inspire happiness, joy and a positive outlook. Making an effort to give back not only improves your entire community but can also bring positivity into your own life! There are a number of ways you can give back to the people around you and your community. When you do so, you’ll be spreading joy and happiness to everyone around you – including yourself!

Here Are Some Great Giving Quotes To Inspire You

  1. “It’s easier to take than to give. It’s nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts days. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.” – Joan Marques
  2. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – President Barack Obama
  3. “Life’s persistent and most urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
  4. “I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou
  5. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia
  6. “We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” – Mother Teresa
  7. “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
  8. “Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.” – Roy T. Bennett
  9. “The most precious thing I have to give is my time.” – Silvia Hartmann
  10. “It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.” – Mother Teresa
  11. “To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.” – Abraham Lincoln
  12. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
  13. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
  14. “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael
  15. “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.” – Brian Tracy

We hope that these quotes inspire you to go out into the world and give back! Remember – any small act of giving back can have a big impact.

Looking for ideas? Take a look at our article for incredible small ways to give back!

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“I have seen a huge shift in energy throughout my classroom since doing the 365give Challenge. The Challenge has empowered my students to make a positive difference in the school’s community and beyond.”
Cella Adriana, Special Needs Educator /The Holliswood School (New York City, USA)
“The 365give Challenge helps students understand their impact on others. It opens avenues for introducing and discussing global and local issues in classrooms. It is powerful to watch students of all ages think about how they can make a change in another person’s life with one small act.”
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